PauseAI
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Position, range and evidence details
Preferred pace: -87; stated catastrophic-risk concern: 66. These are layout units, not percentages or rankings.
Pace range: -100 to -65; concern range: 42 to 94. Ranges show alternative editorial interpretations, not statistical confidence intervals.
Evidence clarity: high. Basis: primary. Implementation: public-advocacy.
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What this position covers
Its April 2026 proposal for a global pause on the most powerful general-AI training. [1]
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What to keep in mind
A movement has internal variation; this point represents its published proposal. [1]
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What they say about the pace of AI
Advocates a coordinated global pause rather than a company pausing on its own. [1]
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April 5, 2026 proposal; opening and Treaty Measures
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What they say about catastrophic risk
Its proposal treats dangerous AI progress as a reason for international restraint. [1]
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April 5, 2026 proposal; opening and Treaty Measures
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The wider picture
Calls for a coordinated global pause on the most powerful AI training. [1]
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The proposal's limits
Its April 2026 proposal calls for safety and democratic-control conditions before more powerful general AI is developed. It distinguishes that target from narrow applications such as medical image recognition. [1]
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https://theaiatlas.org/groups/pauseai/
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Sources and what we read
1. PauseAI Proposal (April 2026 version)
What we read: The April 2026 proposal, including its pause, training-approval and democratic-control conditions.
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Read the April 5th, 2026 version, including its global pause, training approvals and democratic-control conditions. Used for the movement's published proposal and terminology; its predictions are attributed advocacy.
Edition and machine-readable evidence
Content version 0.19.0. Evidence cutoff 2026-09-15; this does not mean every source was read on that day.
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